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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC THOMAS GARRIOK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CHECK OR'WATER HOOK.

SPECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 294,864, dated March 11,1884.

i Application filed Noveiilber 2 2, 1883. {No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS GARRIOK, of the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Check or Water Hooks, which improvement is fully setforth in the vfollowing specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing.

The object of my invention is to attach and detach the check-rein oroverdraw with ease and rapidity, and to firmly secure the same in thecheck or water hook when in use.

The figure represents alongitudinal section of a saddle-plate withcheck-hook attached, as seen, opened and closed. A is the saddle plate.B is the check or water hook, secured to saddle-plate A by means ofscrew 0, passing throughan aperture in saddle-plate A into an aperturehaving a thread in the foot of check-hook B. The hook or semicircularpart (Z is hinged to foot-bar e by reason of pin f, passing through theapertures in both foot-bar c and part (I.

I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to any particularshape of part d, as its form can be varied anywhere from that of asemicircular form'to that of a square.

The projection g from part dis for the purpose of obtaining a greaterleverage in opening and closing the hook or part d,- but it can bedispensed with. A portion of the metal is removed on part d to formspheroidal end i and groove h, so that when part (I is-pressed down thespheroidal end i springs into aperture k in foot-bar e, forming a springsnapwhich forms the snap-catch.

I The great advantage derived from my invention is, the draft upon thecheck-rein or overdraw produced by thehorse s head causes spheroidal endi to be firmly pressed against the side in aperture k, which tends tohold part (I more firmly down into position, thereby greatly relievingthe strain on the hinge, and thus securing the check-rein or overdraw atpleasure in the check or water hook.

It is to be observed that part (1 swings upon its hinge from thehorseshead toward the vehicle when the horse is to be unchecked.

I claim- 1. In an improved check or water hook, the hinged hook or partd, provided with spheroidal end i and groove 71, in combination with thebase or bar 6, provided with aperture 1:, substantially as and for thepurposes hereinbefore set forth.

2.- As an improved article of manufacture in check or water hooks, thehook or part (7, provided with spheroidal end i, groove 71, andprojection g, hinged to the base or bar 6, and said spheroidal end 2',with groove h, being adapted to engage aperture k in said base or bar 0to form a snap-catch, substantially as shown and described.

THOMAS GARRIOK.

\Vitnesses:

O. R. BRAYTON, M. A. CHAMPLAIN.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 294,864.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 294,864, granted March11, 1884, upo the application of ThomasGarrick, of Providence, RhodeIsland, for an improvemei in Check or Water Hooks, should have beenissued to Charles Downs of same plm assignee of the entire interest insaid invention; that the proper correction has be made in the filesandrecords of the case in the Patent Office; and that the Lett( Patentshould be read with this correction therein to make it conform thereto.

\ Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 15th day of April, A. 1884:.

M. L. J OSLYN, Acting Secretary of the Inter Gonntersigned BENJ.BUtrTnnwonTH,

Commissioner of Patents.

